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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 19 June 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on  Friday 19 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on  Friday 19 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 22 June, see Part 2 of this Paper.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

FRIDAY 19th JUNE
1	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46827)
2	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the scientific, methodological and humane objections which he has received to the proposed Krebs experiment.
	(46762)
3	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what validated results might be expected, and when, from the experiment proposed in the Krebs Report.
	(46759)
4	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many badgers proposed to be killed in the Krebs experiment are expected to be (a) snared and (b) trapped.
	(46760)
5	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the numbers and costs of badgers killed in official programmes each year since 1970.
	(46757)
6	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list and summarise each of the major reports on badgers and bovine TB considered by his Department since 1970.
	(46756)
7	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will report on the results of the Thornbury experiment.
	(46763)
8	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the range of increase expected in TB herd breakdowns in 1999.
	(46758)
9	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will meet Professor Stephen Harris of the University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences.
	(46764)
10	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish a detailed response to the letter to him dated 6th May about the Krebs Report and the proposed badger culling experiment from Professor Stephen Harris of the University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences.
	(46761)
11	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to implement the recommendations made by the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee in its report on Resistance to Antibiotics and other Antimicrobia agents (Seventh Report of Session 1997-98 (HL81)).
	(46927)
12	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of payments due in December 1997 to farmers (a) have not been paid to date and (b) were paid late; and if he will make a statement.
	(46947)
13	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will bring forward, from September 1998, the payment of those European Union hill farming subsidies available to United Kingdom agriculture; and if he will make a statement.
	(46942)
14	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the increase in body weight over any given period of time of (a) pigs and (b) poultry fed a diet which includes antibiotics as growth promoters when compared with the same types of animals fed a diet which excludes such growth promoters.
	(46981)
15	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures are taken to ensure that poultry meat imported into the United Kingdom meets EU and United Kingdom rules and legislation; and what steps he will take to ensure fair competition in the UK poultry meat market.
	(46977)
16   N	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much has been spent by his Department through ADAS or similar organisations, in establishing bakery training facilities in Russia; how many Russians have so far been trained as a result of this initiative; and what plans he has for further spending on such projects.
	(46713)
17	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will introduce measures for the labelling of meat to identify at the point of sale meat which has been ritually slaughtered.
	(46766)
18	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he proposes to take to seek implementation of the EU Slaughter Directive which would outlaw the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning at open air festivals.
	(46765)
19	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46836)
20   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what are the aims and objectives of his policy on tourism; and what the achievements of these policies have been since 1st May 1997.
	(46663)
21	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46829)
22	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mode of transport he used to attend the recent Bilderberg meeting at Turnberry; and what was the cost to public funds.
	(46988)
23	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the current rules on disposal of the Defence Estate were agreed by his Department and the Treasury; what was the basis for their introduction; and what were the changes from the previous policy.
	(46748)
24	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when is the anticipated delivery date of the C130-j aircraft; when it was originally due to be delivered; what compensation has been offered for its late delivery; and if he will cancel the order of C130-j's due to late delivery.
	(46822)
25	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs will be created in the UK in the production of those C-17s to be leased by his Department.
	(46964)
26	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each property owned by his Department in the Harrow East constituency; and in each case what proposals exist for their utilisation.
	(46917)
27	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the dismantling of RAF operations at RAF Stanmore Park and for the disposal of the site; and if he will make a statement.
	(46919)
28	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the RAF houses adjoining RAF Stanmore Park are empty; what plans there are for those homes in the future; and if he will make a statement.
	(46916)
29	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the Eurofighter aircraft by value is sourced from (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Germany, (c) Spain and (d) Italy.
	(46978)
30	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he proposes to make an announcement about the future roles of (a) the Parachute Regiment and (b) 24 Air Mobile Brigade.
	(46813)
31	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the current security classifications of the newsletters produced for the staff of the (a) Defence Analytical Services Agency, (b) Defence Postal and Courier Agency and (c) Naval Manning Agency; how often each newsletter is produced; and when each was first produced.
	(46799)
32	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated cost of withdrawing and dismantling the WE177 weapon.
	(46824)
33	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 7th May, Official Report, column 437, if he will assess the advantages of publishing the digest of the submissions by (a) Service and (b) Ministry of Defence civilian personnel earlier than the publication of the White Paper on the Strategic Defence Review.
	(46816)
34	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the scenario of the exercise, Proper Watch, in 1989; on what dates and where it took place; if the United States Department of Defense took part; and if he will place a copy of the results of the exercise in the Library.
	(46819)
35	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many quarterly analysis reports produced by the Directorate of Quality Assurance at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston since January 1995 are currently unclassified.
	(46796)
36	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many WE177 weapons were manufactured by his Department before the weapon was withdrawn from service; and in what years these weapons were manufactured.
	(46826)
37	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what functions are carried out in the underground site at Spring Quarry in Corsham, Wiltshire; how many staff are employed there; what is the size of the site; and what plans his Department has for the disposal of any of the site.
	(46939)
38	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what functions are carried out at RAF Rudloe Manor; and which organisations are based there.
	(46840)
39	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the nature of the contracts between the Nuclear Accident Response Organisation and the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; how much each contract is worth; how long each contract lasts; and when each was signed.
	(46821)
40	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many exercises to test procedures for dealing with accidents involving nuclear weapons are to be held by his Department during 1999; when and where these exercises will be held; and what are the titles of these planned exercises.
	(46800)
41	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many exercises to test procedures for dealing with accidents involving nuclear weapons are to be organised on British territory by the United States government during 1999; when and where these exercises will be held; what are the titles of the planned exercises; and if his Department will participate in all exercises.
	(46801)
42	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Commachio Group Royal Marines is based; how many companies it comprises; what is the function of each company; and what plans he has for their relocation.
	(46820)
43	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the current security classifications of the newsletters produced for the staff of (a) the Army Base Repair Organisation, (b) the Army Personnel Centre and (c) the RAF Training Group;, how often each is produced; and when each was first produced.
	(46815)
44	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many directorates currently exist at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston.
	(46797)
45	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, columns 1-2, how many reports produced by the Weapon Diagnostic Division of the Atomic Weapons Establishment between 1979 and 1994 are currently unclassified.
	(46809)
46	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, columns 1-2, if he will place in the Library a list of unclassified audit reports produced by the Directorate of Quality Assurance since January 1998, indicating the title of each report and the date on which each was produced.
	(46810)
47	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the third edition of the Local Authority and Emergency Service Information on Nuclear Weapon Transport Contingency Plans.
	(46814)
48	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which contractors and Ministry of Defence organisations designed each variant of the WE177 weapon; and when this work was carried out.
	(46825)
49	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46828)
50	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46830)
51	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current number of teacher vacancies in each of the education departments of local authorities covering the Greater London area.
	(46973)
52   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions concerning proposals to limit the siting of telecommunications masts to a distance greater than 500 metres from schools.
	(46660)
53   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the National Advisory Group on Special Educational Needs first met to consider the results of the consultation on the Green Paper, Excellence for All Children.
	(46668)
54   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many political advisers have been appointed since 1st May 1997; and if he will list the position held in his Department by each.
	(46718)
55	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the real rates of increase in each teachers' pay award since 1990.
	(46938)
56	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers (a) required and (b) available to meet future demand in respect of science and mathematics in 1999 to 2005.
	(46843)
57	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many places were available for teacher training in each year since 1990; and how many were filled in each year.
	(46844)
58	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people are currently taking part in the new professional headship qualification; and how many have dropped out of it to date.
	(46842)
59	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if the role or task description for the pilot New Deal scheme in Solihull has been altered or re-defined since Capita won the implementing contract for it.
	(46933)
60	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on the basis of what formal competitive tendering process Capita won the implementing contract for the pilot New Deal scheme in Solihull; what was the role or task description defined for which bidders were to offer their services; and if the bidders included within their tenders a quantified costing for which those services were offered.
	(46932)
61	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46831)
62	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when ownership of the Queen Elizabeth II bridge and the Dartford Tunnels will transfer to the Government; if the transfer will be earlier than scheduled; and what difference there has been between the revenue received from toll charges and the forecast made when the bridge was sanctioned.
	(46755)
63	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with representatives of the paper industry concerning the recycled contents of newsprint; and if he will make a statement.
	(46823)
64	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps the Government has taken to minimise the incidence of pollution of the water supply by (a) viral, (b) retroviral, (c) bacterial and (d) toxic agents.
	(46937)
65	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the danger to public health posed by the contamination of the water supply by (a) viral, (b) retroviral, (c) bacterial and (d) toxic agents.
	(46937)
66	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has undertaken to assure the prompt reporting of contamination of the water supply by (a) viral, (b) retroviral, (c) bacterial and (d) toxic agents.
	(46940)
67   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many telecommunications masts are located within 500 metres of (a) a school and (b) a hospital.
	(46673)
68   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce planning restrictions prohibiting the siting of telecommunications masts less than 500 metres from (i) schools, (ii) hospitals and (iii) any residence.
	(46711)
69   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to issue regular guidance to local authorities on the planning implications of electromagnetic fields from telecommunications masts.
	(46657)
70   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to update PPG 8 to bring it into line with Article 130r of the Maastricht Treaty.
	(46655)
71   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions his Department has had with the relevant authorities in (i) Australia, (ii) New Zealand, (iii) Denmark and (iv) Sweden concerning the siting of telecommunications masts.
	(46656)
72	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will establish a pilot programme in an English region under which the operation of (a) TECs and (b) Business Links would be the responsibility of the relevant RDA; and if he will make a statement.
	(46950)
73	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review legislation regarding the control of aircraft noise.
	(46934)
74	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to undertake a review of airports policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(46935)
75	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of evidence that road humps cause increases in vehicle exhaust pollution.
	(46984)
76	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many consignments of low enriched uranium have been air freighted on (a) passenger and (b) cargo airlines from the United Kingdom airports in each of the last 10 years; what quantities of nuclear materials were involved in (a) and (b); what safety arrangements have applied; what advance notice has been given to Ministers; and what plans there are to airfreight uranium from the United Kingdom over the next year.
	(46817)
77	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of commercial proposals to run direct regional Eurostar rail services from Scottish and English regional cities to Europe.
	(46741)
78	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his oral Answer of 9th June, Official Report, column 859, if he will list the local authority development plans in respect of which he has confirmed the housing requirements put forward by local planning authorities since 23rd February.
	(46965)
79	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his estimate of the number of coaches currently in service built with anchorage points able to accommodate seat belts as part of the integral design.
	(46738)
80	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his estimate of the number of coaches currently in service which were not built to accommodate seat belts.
	(46737)
81	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent changes there have been in the advice his Department gives on the positioning of seat belts; and what were the reasons for each change.
	(46795)
82	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what tests his Department has (a) carried out and (b) evaluated concerning the ability of vinyl-covered pipe lagging around tubular frames on bus seats to protect seat-belt users in an impact.
	(46740)
83	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evidence his Department has evaluated which supports the use of seat belts over the legs as safe practice; and if he will make a statement.
	(46739)
84	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what extra funding will be provided for increasing the capacity of the M6 following the decision to proceed with the Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
	(46845)
85   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England was informed of the Chancellor's statement on public spending prior to reaching its decision to raise interest rates on 4th June.
	(46533)
86   N	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Governor of the Bank of England was informed of the Chancellor's statement on public spending prior to the Monetary Policy Committee reaching its decision to raise interest rates on 4th June.
	(46534)
87	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the possibility that the form of the phase 2 pensions mis-selling enquiries proposed by the Financial Services Authority will invalidate independent financial advisers' professional indemnity insurance.
	(46804)
88	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 585, on seigniorage what profit the Royal Mint has derived from seigniorage on coins issued in each of the last 10 years; and if this profit is retained by the Royal Mint.
	(46966)
89	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent to which funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes are used (a) to avoid the payment of national insurance contributions and (b) to obtain a reduction in a company's council tax charges.
	(46952)
90	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Inland Revenue has to prepare a compliance strategy for trusts.
	(46951)
91   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the arrangement for reducing tax liability by forming a company only for this purpose was first permitted.
	(46664)
92   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the sum which the Treasury would receive if those who minimise their tax liability by forming a company only for this purpose were no longer able to do so.
	(46666)
93   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of those who minimise their tax liability by forming a company only for this purpose.
	(46667)
94	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46832)
95   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors underlay the decision to invite the President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, as an official guest of the Government; and what human rights issues he will raise during the President's visit.
	(46532)
96	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has urged the government of Trinidad and Tobago to allow international scrutiny of prisoners subject to the death penalty.
	(46745)
97	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Trinidad and Tobago concerning their withdrawal from the American Convention on Human Rights.
	(46747)
98	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the withdrawal of Trinidad and Tobago from the American Convention on Human Rights on the human rights situation in that country.
	(46746)
99	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the persecution of Christians in Pakistan.
	(46920)
100	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 1st June, Official Report, column 152, if he will establish for what reasons British Intelligence did not provide advance warning of the Indian nuclear tests.
	(46818)
101	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46833)
102   N	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the effect on national mortality and morbidity rates of a further five year moratorium on gas-fired power stations.
	(46580)
103	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently suffering from Lupus disease in the United Kingdom.
	(46967)
104	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is given to doctors to assist with the diagnosis of Lupus disease.
	(46968)
105   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters he has received since 1st May from members of the public concerning the proposed closure of Ward 2 at Warminster Hospital; and how many are awaiting reply.
	(46653)
106   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department has submitted to the five year study currently being undertaken by the World Health Organisation into the possible adverse health effects of electromagnetic fields; and if he will publish it.
	(46661)
107   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Wiltshire Health Authority concerning the provision of beds for the elderly mentally ill in West Wiltshire.
	(46671)
108   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to reply to the letter to him of 22nd May from the honourable Member for Westbury concerning Warminster Hospital and beds for the elderly mentally ill in West Wiltshire.
	(46672)
109   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last obtained advice from (a) the National Radiological Protection Board and (b) the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment concerning public health effects of electromagnetic fields from telecommunications masts.
	(46662)
110   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions concerning proposals to limit the siting of telecommunications masts to a distance greater than 500 metres from hospitals and nursing homes.
	(46659)
111   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he has declined to meet a delegation from Warminster Town Council, led by the honourable Member for Westbury, to discuss the proposed closure of Ward 2 at Warminster Hospital.
	(46670)
112   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (i) general practitioners and (ii) representatives of health workers concerning the proposed closure of Ward 2 at Warminster Hospital and the provision of beds for the elderly mentally ill in West Wiltshire.
	(46654)
113   N	Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contribution his Department has made to the work of the European Commission Expert Group on mobile telephony and human health.
	(46658)
114	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress with the construction of the new Norfolk and Norwich hospital.
	(46735)
115   N	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where, and by whom, in his Department the document entitled, Briefing for Labour Members, circulated prior to the debate on NHS waiting lists on 16th June to Labour honourable Members was (a) written and (b) photocopied; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department's budget.
	(46669)
116	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the advantages of extending his proposed inquiry into paediatric cardiac services at the Bristol Royal Infirmary to include adult cardiac surgery involving the same medical professionals.
	(46805)
117	Dan Norris (Wansdyke):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make an announcement about what form the Government inquiry into paediatric cardiac services at Bristol will take.
	(46972)
118	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of research on the alleged link between leakage of mercury in amalgam fillings and multiple sclerosis.
	(46979)
119	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated in respect of the quantity of (a) edible and (b) medicinal products of animal origin being sold in the UK with illegal levels of testosterone; and what prosecutions have been undertaken.
	(46803)
120	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the standards relating to the permissible levels of testosterone in (a) edible and (b) medicinal products in the UK; and what procedures apply in circumstances where products are banned.
	(46802)
121	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sets of (a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in England in each year from 1990 to 1997; what was the total number of maternities in each year; and how many multiple births of each type in each year were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception.
	(46930)
122	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46834)
123	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he had made of the merits of allowing victims of crime to present a statement to the police on the impact of the crime on their lives; and if he will make a statement on pilot schemes which have involved victims' statements.
	(46750)
124	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 71, in respect of the offender who circumvented the strap of the equipment provided by the Digital Products Corporation, which company was responsible for monitoring the electronic tag; what plans he has for the same or similar equipment to be used in future; and what assessment he has made of whether other straps are susceptible to similar attempts at circumvention.
	(46986)
125   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what educational publicity campaign he plans, at what estimated cost, to inform electors of the proportional voting system to be used to elect United Kingdom members of the European Parliament.
	(46558)
126	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total number of firearms that have been handed in under the Firearms Amendment Act 1997.
	(46976)
127	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have been convicted of drug dealing in England and Wales in the last 12 months.
	(46974)
128	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the number of reported incidents of domestic violence in England and Wales during 1997.
	(46987)
129	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits were made to prisons in England and Wales during 1997 by the Chief Inspector of Prisons; and which establishments were visited.
	(46975)
130   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the arrangements for the management of career breaks across the police service; and what representations he has received on this subject.
	(46674)
131   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the projected prison population for each of the next 10 years.
	(46581)
132	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the postal and proxy vote application forms to reduce the possibilities of fraud.
	(46793)
133	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will change the ballot paper for local, parliamentary and European elections (a) to give greater prominence to party identification and (b) to ensure that candidates' names are listed in a random manner.
	(46792)
134	Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have required traffic officers to undertake non-traffic duties.
	(46936)
135	Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set a police key performance indicator to reduce the rate of death and injury on the road.
	(46922)
136	Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of police officers worked on traffic duties in each of the past 20 years, in each police force.
	(46926)
137	Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will develop a pilot scheme based on the road safety policing and education techniques used in the state of Victoria, Australia.
	(46923)
138	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications he has received from Christians from Pakistan for asylum status; and if he will make a statement.
	(46918)
139	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police constables were employed by the Cumbria Constabulary between 1979 and 1998; and what was the total police strength in each of those years.
	(46949)
140	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces charge organisers of hunts for policing costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(46730)
141	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports his Department has received from police forces in England regarding police charges for Premier League and Football League matches for police off the ground in reserve; and if he will make a statement.
	(46729)
142	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each year since 1976 the number of persons accused of terrorist crimes in the United Kingdom tried under the Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act 1975 in the Irish Republic specifying far as the information is readily available to him the offence alleged, where it was committed and the outcome of the trial.
	(46743)
143	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the police grant funding for each county for each of the last three years.
	(46925)
144	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account is taken in the allocation of police grant to Kent of its proximity to mainland Europe and of the Channel Tunnel.
	(46924)
145	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records relating to the activities of MI5 after 1918 are planned to be released to the Public Record Office; what years these records will cover; when these records will be released; and if he will make a statement.
	(46798)
146	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside her Department; and in each case if she will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46835)
147	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department intends to spend in Montserrat in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99.
	(46726)
148	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is her Department's policy in relation to the Jubilee 2000 coalition campaign to cancel debt.
	(46734)
149	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on aid to Sierra Leone by her Department in 1997-98; and if she will make a statement.
	(46733)
150	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to (a) withdraw and (b) suspend aid to India or Pakistan following the recent nuclear tests in those countries.
	(46725)
151	Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list, for each of the last four years, all departmental inquiries and reviews instigated by ministers which have been chaired by individuals outside his Department; and in each case if he will give the date of establishment and the name of the chairman.
	(46837)
152	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of payments due in December 1997 to farmers (a) have not been paid to date and (b) were paid late; and if she will make a statement.
	(46946)
153	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she expects her review of electoral procedures to complete its work; when she expects to publish their report; and when she intends to publish her draft legislation.
	(46744)
154	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for each year since 1975 the number of persons accused of terrorist crimes who have been tried in Northern Ireland Courts under the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 specifying so far as the information is readily available to the offence alleged, where it was committed and the outcome of the trial.
	(46742)
155	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald was provided with a Union Flag; if it was flown on the occasion of Her Majesty's official birthday; what arrangements have been made to fly the Union Flag at the Ulster Hospital on the appropriate dates; and if she will make a statement.
	(46727)
156	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sets of (a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in Northern Ireland in each year from 1990 to 1997; what was the total number of maternities in each year; and how many multiple births of each type in each year were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception.
	(46929)
157   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that there be an annual debate on the annual report presented to him by the Intelligence and Security Committee.
	(46712)
158	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to include disability within the future work programme of the Social Exclusion Unit.
	(46812)
159   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he gave written permission to (a) the Secretary of State for Scotland and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer to visit France on unofficial business on 10th June.
	(46557)
160   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ensure that no recommendation for an honour is made for anyone who minimises their tax liability by forming a company only for this purpose; and if he will make a statement.
	(46665)
161   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what educational publicity campaign he plans at what estimated cost to inform electors of the proportional voting system to be used to elect UK members of the European Parliament.
	(46559)
162	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of payments due in December 1997 to farmers (a) were paid late and (b) have not been paid to date; and if he will make a statement.
	(46944)
163	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to permit the management of the Scottish Children's Reporters Administration to conduct pay negotiations with staff for 1998-99.
	(46749)
164   N	Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what sums have been distributed by each of the five National Lottery distributors in Scotland in each year since the commencement of the National Lottery.
	(46531)
165	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many sets of (a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in Scotland in each year from 1990 to 1997; and how many multiple births of each type in each year were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception.
	(46931)
166	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many registered farmers claimed social security benefits in each financial year since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(46943)
167	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment she has made of delay caused by the introduction of the new computer at the Contributions Agency; and if she will make a statement.
	(46752)
168	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many Benefits Agency public caller offices were closed during the period April 1992 to May 1997; how many have been closed since May 1997; and how many are under review.
	(46980)
169	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for the duties of Health and Safety executives of the EU Directive on the organisation of working time and the protection of young people at work; and if she will make a statement.
	(46754)
170	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many and what percentage of road vehicles are currently powered by (a) compressed natural gas, (b) liquid petroleum gas and (c) electricity in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) other member states of the European Union; and if she will make a statement.
	(46728)
171	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the cost of her Department's investigation into the share transactions relating to Anglia TV in 1994; how many inspectors were assigned to the case; and how long it took.
	(46982)
172	Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many cigarettes manufactured in the United Kingdom were exported and to which countries in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(46921)
173	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what systems are in use to evaluate the quality of research material produced using funding from the research councils.
	(46838)
174	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what mechanisms are in place to monitor and audit funding awarded to universities through the research councils.
	(46841)
175	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Kirkaldy, of 2nd June, Official Report, column 162, if she will indicate the differences in information reported on civil plutonium under the new arrangements as against previous practice.
	(46811)
176	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will estimate the percentage of companies in the United Kingdom which employ fewer than 20 persons.
	(46731)
177	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will estimate the number of employees in the United Kingdom who work for companies that employ fewer than 20 persons.
	(46732)
178	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of payments due to farmers in December 1997 (a) have not been paid to date and (b) were paid late; and if he will make a statement.
	(46945)
179	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many victim support groups there are in Wales; and how much funding they have attracted from (a) the Welsh Office and (b) local government sources in (i) the present financial year and (ii) the last two financial years.
	(46794)
180	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sets of (a) twins, (b) triplets, (c) quadruplets, (d) quintuplets and (e) sextuplets were born in Wales in each year from 1990 to 1997; what was the total number of maternities in each year; and how many multiple births of each type in each year were conceived as a result of (i) in-vitro fertilisation, (ii) gamete intra-fallopian transfer and (iii) other forms of assisted conception.
	(46928)
181	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of farmers who have begun drawing social security benefits since May 1997; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (46941)
182	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect EC Directive 94/33 will have on the employment of young people in the home delivery of newspapers.
	[Transferred] (46983)
183	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when she expects to publish the proposed consultation document on new radioactive emergency preparedness and public information regulations.
	[Transferred] (46736)
184	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many Health and Safety inspectors have been employed in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (46753)
185	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he proposes to appoint a disabled person to the Board of the Remploy Group; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (46751)

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